Narcissistic Families - Sibling Rivalry

Children of narcissists are pitted against each other in order to maintain control by the narcissistic parent. Siblings will start to compete against each other to get the love from the parent. Because narcissists lack any form of unconditional love, the sibling rivalry is manufactured to maintain control and give the narcissistic abuser narcissistic supply. Decades later siblings may still compete against each other and have a deep-seated hatred because they feel they have been robbed their due portion of love and compassion by the parent. They do this not knowing that the entire dysfunction had been created by the narcissistic parent to maintain control.